Paul de Gruyter

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Paul de Gruyter (born September 3, 1866 in Ruhrort ; † October 14, 1939 in Bantikow ) was a German entrepreneur and local politician.

Life

Paul de Gruyter studied in Munich and was awarded a doctorate in 1893 with a dissertation “On formazyl methyl ketone and a new synthesis of triazole derivatives”. phil. PhD. He led the construction company Breest & Co., since 1896: iron building and bridge construction. His company built large buildings mainly in Berlin. The prestigious Berlin architectural firm Taut & Hoffmann , it won the first prize for the (now-defunct) pavilion Monument of iron as part of a two-stage competition, the Steel Works Association and the German Association of bridges and Eisenbaufabriken for International building trade exhibition in 1913 have been invited was.

De Gruyter worked for decades in the self-government of the city of Berlin (from 1920: Greater Berlin ). In recognition of his services, he was honored as city ​​elder of Berlin in 1924 . In 1930 the Technical University of Charlottenburg awarded him the title of Dr.-Ing. e. H.

De Gruyter was a friend of Paul Reusch and from 1930 a member of the supervisory board of Gutehoffnungshütte in Oberhausen .

Paul de Gruyter was the last landlord in Bantikow . On the manor Bantikow he had Erwin Albert Barth erect a grave where he was buried. The property was expropriated in 1946 as a result of the land reform . From 1975 to 1978 the training and recreation home of VEB Kraftverkehr Kyritz (Carl Hecht) was built on the site of the grave, today's hotel on the Untersee. In 1978 the remains of de Gruyter were found; they were reburied in the village cemetery.

family

Paul de Gruyter was the younger brother of the publisher Walter de Gruyter (1862–1923). He was married to Melanie Langerfeld. With her he had a daughter, Ilse de Gruyter. His wife died in an unexplained manner in 1945, and so did his daughter on May 1, 1945.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paul de Gruyter: About formazyl methyl ketone and a new synthesis of triazole derivatives. Buchdr. V. Höfling, Munich 1893 (also University of Munich, dissertation).
  2. ^ Haila Ochs: Fritz Kaldenbach, 1887–1918: an architect has to be an artist. 1995, p. 152. (online)
  3. ↑ a b Jürgen Ruhfus: Upwards: Experiences and memories of a diplomatic contemporary witness, 1955 to 1992. EOS-Verlag, 2006, p. 13. (online)
  4. ↑ German construction newspaper. Volume 64, 1930, p. 162. (online)
  5. ↑ Helen Müller: Science and market around 1900: the publishing company Walter de Gruyters in the literary field of the turn of the century. Niemeyer, Tübingen 2004, ISBN 3-484-35104-7 , p. 65. (online)
  6. ↑ a b kirchenkreis-kyritz-wusterhausen.de ( Memento from November 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Gruyter, Paul de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur and local politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1866
PLACE OF BIRTH Ruhrort
DATE OF DEATH October 14, 1939
Place of death Bantikov